Blanchard High School - Lion Yearbook (Blanchard, OK)

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Class Prophecy of I960 In the year of 1970, Irene Dean and Shirley Wilson bumped into each other in the grocery store Shirley; Excuse me. Irene; Shirley; Irene: Excuse me. Shirley Wilson, well of all people. How are you? Fine, how are you? Bill Lee and I live in the City now. We have two sets of twins. You know how I always wanted twins Bill has a real good job carpentering. What are you doing? Shirley; Irene: Shirley. David and I have a lovely horse ranch. We have two boys now. Have you seen any of our classmates? I wonder what ever happened to all of them! One day when I was in Blanchard, I went in the Rexall Drug Store, Pansy Lewis is manager now. St still keeps an eye out for Larry Hodges. She said that Connie still has to keep the girls away from Irene: Mother said that Carole Wilson and Roy Matheny got married. Carole went on to college like she hi planned. Right now she is teaching Roy. She is an elementary teacher. Shirley: I heard that David Richey finally won Belva Patterson. You know that he still worries about his car David still works in the meat department and is also part owner in the ranch. Irene: Philip Savage and the former Judy Wilson have a different car, their '47 Chevy quit on them. They c have a '46 Chevy. They have a poultry farm near Blanchard. Shirley Irene: What ever happened to Lavoy Hurd and the former Ramona McKinney? I heard that they were still going on the hay harvest. Ramona and their four kids go with Lavoy. 7 built them a home in Cole. Shirley Did you know that Bill Brown, Mitzi Fountain's husband, was in prison for drowning their two girls. You knew that he only wanted boys. They also have 9 boys, a baseball team. Mitzi is still waiting on tables to support them. Irene: Last weekend on TV I saw Richard Suggs, now Singing Ricky. He is really becoming famous bee: Shirley: of his voice and guitar. Last summer I saw Emma Wheless at the races. She finally hooked one of those Millionaires from Pampa, Texas . They have a big horse ranch near Pampa. She rides in the rodeos. Irene: I saw the former Trula Wheless in the beauty shop the other day. Connell McCraw and she are Shirley: married. She finally got him through school. They both have real good jobs. You remember Patsy Chapman don't you? She's still waiting on Doc Foster. He made a career oft Irene: Army. Foster! Do you remember Charles Foster? He bought him a coon dog farm with all that money he saved while he was in high school. Shirley: Irene: Shirley: Irene: How about Ted Foster? I wonder if he ever quit that Lone Star. I heard he didn't. He became a professional bus driver, that is when he is sober. Did you know that John Pettigrew was mayor of Cole? Boy, has he got a big responsibility. I was in the art museum last Sunday and I saw a picture with Bob Brightwell's name on it. Bob and’ former Linda Bowser must be living on an artist's salary and love. Shirley: I saw the former Sue Chappell. She said that Richard was still working at the Mobil Station. They i have ten kids. Irene: Guess who got married? Nina Dilbeck and Joe Lowry finally settled their feud. Nina is a business teacher in Oklahoma City and Joe is a professor at O.U. He still hasn’t overcome his stuttering. Shirley: One day when I was in Blanchard, I saw the former Joy Foster. She and Steve Ellerd are now runni Irene: the show building. Joy has a part-time job as a fashion designer in New York. Did you know that Kenneth Huffman and the former Judy Taylor got married? They have a farm nea Blanchard. They have three redheaded kids. Shirley: Irene: Shirley I wonder if Steve Schwilling ever got out of prison for shoplifting? I heard that he had one year to go. That makes seven years you know. Did you know that Dalfred Goodman married that girl from Yukon? He won't have that long drive as more, they live in Yukon. Irene: I saw Jack Wigley chauffering Linda Miller around town. You know that they still have the best par! Shirley: Irene: spots. How's your sister and brother-in-law? Oh, Lorene and Jerry Bridges are fighting the budget and just fighting period. Lorene said that Car Chappell was staying home now and that Auvern has his old job back at the Texaco. Shirley: You know what happened the other day while I was in Blanchard. I was backing out of the drug store and this white Cadillac almost hit me. Guess who it was? Danny Swanson. He didn't have his glas: on. Irene: He never would wear them in highschool. That reminds me, you remember the time that Billy Moo wore out the clutch in his Unc'e's car and then ran off and left it in his Uncle's yard. Well, Billy is still tearing up cars but they are his own now. Shirley Irene: Shirley What ever happened to Jay McGrew? He got married. But guess who he married! Leslie Sewell! He owns a trucking firm in Chickasha, Did you know that Bob Kemper is a space ship flyer? His picture was in the New York Times for making a record flight to the moon. Irene: You remember Benny Sitton don't you? He is throwing papers again. He is saving his money and plans to buy the business someday. Shirley: Irene: Did you know that Dale Winnard is running for U. S. Senator? Well that takes care of everyone. Let’s finish getting our groceries and then have a cup of coffee and talk about old times. Shirley: All right.

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President, Steve Schwilling; Vice-President, Te Foster; Not Pictured, Nina Dilbeck, Reporter; Jo Foster, Treasurer; Benny Sitton, Sgt. at Arms. We, the Senior Class feel that this has been a great year for study, sports and activities. Trula Wheless was Annual Queen; Joy Foster, Football Queen; Emma Wheless, Football Princess. Six of our senior boys made the all-conference team in football, while John Pettigrew and Emma Wheless made the all-conference basketball team. The Senior Class walked away with the largest number of awards at the Awards assembly. Almost every student in the senior class received one. We had a marvelous time building floats and our concession at the carnival. We feel that we will never forget our sponsor, Mr. Waggoner, who led us through one of our most fun-filled years. We shall always remember the Senior play and what a time we had trying to present it. The trials and the tribulations throughout the year have marked the Senior Class of 1959-60 as the happiest and most wonderful year of our lives.